Yaoi Review: Tale of the Waning Moon, Vol. 3 [Paperback]

I've finished "Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 3" by Hyouta Fujiyama.

Product Description

Bewitched by a spell that makes him popular to individuals of the same sex (!!) and leads him to chase his enchanter — the moon spirit Ixto — the chagrined Ryuka persecutes himself for being unable to make his body do what he wants it to! Instead, his convoluted romance with Ixto rollicks to the next level! The two play at being lovers to obtain a treasure that just might help them break the curse that further complicates the relationship between Aldin and Ral, whose master-servant love is already troubled by the pair’s difference in status! How far will the merry band of misfits have to go to make sure that love prevails?

Product Details
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Yen Press (September 25, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316225460
ISBN-13: 978-0316225465

My Review:

I highly recommend reading this series in order but even if you don't you understand what is happening.  You won't know some of the key players though.

In this volume Ryuka and Ixto pretend to be lovers so that Aldin's parents would believe they are star-crossed lovers who can't touch each other in real life.  Aldin's father agrees to allow them to use the Dragon Breath so they can finally touch.  They manage to obtain the Dragon Breath but Aldin and Ral still need to past another test and obtain a sword.  Accompanying them is Aldin's man servert Ji-San who says he will help him obtain the sword.  As you see Ral has a curse placed on him which makes him turn into a horse and both are hoping they would be able to break the spell once they obtain the sword.  They manage to get the sword when a witch girl appears and asks them a question which they answer truthfully and Ral's spell is revoked.  She also gives them a scarf to release once they use the magic powers of the Dragon Breath.

Aldin's parents can't except that Aldin has picked Ral as his life partner and they throw him out of the mansion but Aldin's oldest brother makes a demand that if Aldin can spend three years in college and Ral works for him for three years he will finally let them leave the mansion together.  They both agree but meanwhile Ixto has offered to shelter his powers into the Dragon Breath Lamp.  He gets Ryuka to agree to show his gratitude in a more meaningful way later.  Ixto gets Coon to get another room so he and Ryuka can!  The next morning Ryuka could tell that Ixto was acting different.  When he calls Ixto he doesn't come and Ryuka thinks it's only because he can be summoned only during the night.

Ryuka and Coon find themselves in a dire predictment (they are going to be raped) but are saved by a couple of guys that Ixto knows.  Ryuka promises that they can do anything to his body if only he could arrive on the Moon planet.  He learns that Ixto is imprisoned because he broke a Moon rule which was he stored his powers to help reach the Moon planet.

I highly recommend this yaoi manga if you like hot guys, very steamy and sizzling love scenes and a great storyline.


Yaoi Manga in series:

1.  Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 1
2.  Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 2
3.  Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 3


5/5

Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada and Yen Press for sending me this yaoi manga to review, greatly appreciated!